Sandra Glista is MSHA president-elect

June 16, 2005

KALAMAZOO--Sandra Glista, clinical specialist in speech pathology
and audiology at Western Michigan University, is serving as president-elect
of the Michigan Speech-Language-Hearing Association and will
serve as president during 2006.

In her leadership role, Glista represented Michigan speech-language
pathologists and audiologists at the Council of State Speech-Language-Hearing
Association Presidents and the 2005 American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association State Policy Workshop held in Minneapolis in May.

Current issues facing MSHA include passing legislation to
license speech-language pathologists, generating solutions for
speech-language pathologist personnel shortages in the state,
advocating for service delivery to citizens with communication
disorders and completing a long-range plan for the association.